From the Houston Chronicle
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Rockets' red glare too hot to handle
Fans in Macy Gray's hometown booed and laughed as she struggled through the national anthem before the Pro Football Hall of Fame exhibition game Monday in Canton, Ohio.
It wasn't her first Canton flop. In 1987, she was a tour guide at the Hall of Fame, but "I got fired after, like, a week," she said.
The Grammy winner sang an offbeat, tentative version of The Star-Spangled Banner on Monday night as her signature raspy voice grew ever more wobbly.
Boos and laughter started when she stumbled over the words. A low-flying formation of planes drowned her out at the end.
Hours before she sang, Gray said she agreed to the performance only to please her mother.
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Rockets' red glare too hot to handle
Fans in Macy Gray's hometown booed and laughed as she struggled through the national anthem before the Pro Football Hall of Fame exhibition game Monday in Canton, Ohio.
It wasn't her first Canton flop. In 1987, she was a tour guide at the Hall of Fame, but "I got fired after, like, a week," she said.
The Grammy winner sang an offbeat, tentative version of The Star-Spangled Banner on Monday night as her signature raspy voice grew ever more wobbly.
Boos and laughter started when she stumbled over the words. A low-flying formation of planes drowned her out at the end.
Hours before she sang, Gray said she agreed to the performance only to please her mother.